Jim: The DC-area contingent of On Tap follows baseball, and the Washington Nationals, more closely than I. But I suspect fans of just about every team will appreciate this column revealing what you can learn from knowing your girlfriend/wife’s favorite baseball team.

Next week is the American League. I suspect that for women that are Yankees fans, they have extraordinarily, perhaps ludicrously, high expectations. A dozen long-stemmed roses on the first date? Buddy, that’s standard.

Sadly, the columnist did not go with my original suggestion for the title of her column, “Ovaries and Strikes.”

Cam: Not only am I not married to a baseball fan, I don’t think I’ve ever even dated a baseball fan. The closest I ever came to that was an ex-fiancee who followed Arkansas Razorback basketball with a passion. I, of course, did not (Go Pokes!).

And really, that’s fine with me. I’d rather have a wife oblivious to the delights of baseball than one who was a Yankees fan.